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PKK sets terms for renouncing violence, demands Turkey's recognition of the Kurds identity
The separatist Turkey's Kurdistan's Workers Party (PKK) announced on Sunday conditions for renouncing violence and becoming part of the political process in Turkey.
As a main condition, the PKK demanded Turkey's recognition of the Kurds' identity in its constitution and of their language as a native language along with Turkish in the country's Kurdish areas,www.ekurd.net according to a statement received by DPA.
The party also demanded an end to ethnic discrimination in Turkish laws and constitution against Kurds, granting them full political freedoms and the release of all PKK members in Turkish custody.
Other conditions were the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Kurdish areas in southern Turkey and setting a timeframe for PKK fighters to give up arms and be part of the democratic process.
PKK rebels operating from predominantly Kurdish northern Iraq escalated the conflict with Turkey after its rebels attacked and abducted Turkish soldiers in October.
The incidents prompted Ankara to threaten to launch cross-border military operations to seek out PKK rebels.
Since 1984 the PKK took up arms for self-rule in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey.
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